Characteristics Glonoin – Iodum

Neck.—Aching soreness in muscles of, and of shoulders. Contractive sensation in. Pains extend into head.

Back.—Rheumatic pains in bones and joints of, and of limbs. Soreness of muscles.

Extremities.—Trembling. Paralytic weakness and heaviness of. Sensation blunted.

Lower Extremities.—Staggering. Fatigue after slight exertion. Drawing or cramping pains in muscles or single fasciculi thereof.

Generalities.—Numbness or trembling of single parts or whole body. Great relaxation and loss of muscular power, causing sensations of heaviness and weakness, particularly of upper eyelids and lower extremities, as well as involuntary evacuations (stool, urine, semen, etc.) from emotional excitement, fear, etc. Sudden darting pains making one start; they leave a tenderness behind. Feeling of illness, as in a fever. Knew everything going on, but was unable to move. Paralytic pains. Periodical symptoms. Worse: Emotions, exciting news, fright, etc. Heat of sun or summer. Dampness. After midnight. Before a storm. Better: Open air. Profuse urination.

Skin.—Yellow. Sudden stinging. Measle-like eruption, with fever and itching.

Sleep.—Yawning, with stupor and inability to keep eyes open. Languor and drowsiness before a storm. Stupefying, with general numbness. Late falling to sleep, then nightmare.

Fever.—Pulse: Variable. Throbbing thro' whole body. Chill: With cold extremities, especially feet; extending upward along spine, with profuse urination, pain in back, heat of face and head, and headache; worse from mental excitement. Heat: Burning; in afternoon; without thirst. Sweat: With thirst; easy, cold, profuse or scanty. Relieving all the symptoms. Accompanied by languor and prostration.

Allied Remedies.—Anac., Arg-n., Bap., Bell., Bor., Caust., Con., Kalm., Op., Phos., Physos., Pic-ac., Sep., Tabac., Verat-a.

GLONOIN.

Mind.—Familiar things seem strange. Confusion, he could not tell where he was. Difficult memory. Unconsciousness.

Head.—Throbbing: With fulness; gradually increasing and gradually decreasing; with shocks at every heart beat; heart-beat felt like a hammer beating in head. Aching in and pulse increase and diminish together. Congestion to: It seems as if he must lose his reason; alternating with congestion to heart; causing a sensation of coldness. Sensation: As if hanging with head downward; of bursting, the skull seems too small, with violent heart action and pulsation over whole body; of enormous enlargement; As if brain were loose; as if sore, bruised; of undulation in; of cracking in brain; As if a cold cloth were spread over brain; of constriction around forehead; of aching deep in brain. Sudden, piercing pain in. Burning pain in. Excessive heat in. Brain fever. Numbness of scalp. Worse: Shaking head. Heat, external, of sun, of gas, etc. Stepping. Sitting erect. Stooping. Rising. Exertion. Blows or jars to head. Better: Open air. Cold applications. Pressure. Lying down. Throwing head back. After stool. Must have head uncovered.

Eyes.—Staring and wild; protruding. Redness of. Burning and aching in balls. Sensation of water running out of. Lightnings before. Lids heavy.

Ears.—Audible pulse in. Redness of.

Nose.—Twitchings in wings of.

Face.—Red during headache. Burning, twitching or simple pain in malar bone. Sensation: As if swelled; as if chin were elongated; as if lower lip were hanging down; of gnawing in masseter muscles. Contraction of temporal and masseter muscles.

Teeth.—Throbbing in all.

Mouth.—Dry, parched feeling in. Saliva increased. Swelled sensation of tongue, hard palate, fauces and throat. Tongue numb, twitching.

Throat.—Itching in, and in soft palate. Tingling in. Tight, choky feeling about,

Taste.—Sweetish; fatty; like pine wood.

Nausea.—With pain in stomach; with sinking in epigastrium.

Stomach.—Gnawing pain or faintness in pit. Emptiness in.

Hypochondria.—Sensation as if blood rushed thro' chest to head from.

Abdomen.—Rumbling in.

Stool.—Diarrhœa; with sudden cessation of menses. Copious. Blackish. Lumpy. Foamy, like soapsuds.

Urine.—Albuminous.

Sexual Organs.—Sensation as after repeated coition. Menses ceased and the headache increased in violence.

Respiration.—Inclination to deep breathing; to sigh.

Neck.—Weakness of muscles of. Cramp in. Constriction, as of a band around. As if something moved from nape to head. Stiffness of.

Chest.—Constriction. Oppression with palpitation. Sudden throbbing in waves from left chest to head, < motion. Fulness or heat rising into head. Heart: Lancinations extending to between shoulders; to scapula. Anxiety at, < lying on left side, must lie with head high. Heaviness. Fulness. Alternation of palpitation and congestion to head. Shocks at, with pricking in arms and hands.

Extremities.—Sensation of picking, tingling, being bloated, weariness, heaviness, or numbness. Falling asleep of part lain on.

Upper Extremities.—Arms droop. Pains in bones of. Feeling in right wrist as if tied up or contracted. Pulsation in finger-tips.

Lower Extremities.—Great weakness, even to giving way.

Generalities.—Sudden and violent irregularities of the circulation. Sensations of throbbing expansion or fulness predominate. Inability to bear any heat about head; bad effects of heat of sun. Body seems asleep. Trickling sensations over face, inside of forehead, down throat, etc. Gnawing in stomach, occiput and masseter muscles. Worse: Jar; heat; wine. Better: Coffee; sweat; after stool.

Skin.—Dark blue. Rash on, after washing.

Sleep.—Sleepiness, with hot face and pallor. Dreams, causing weeping; ludicrous.

Fever.—Pulse: Sudden great variableness, now quick, now slow. Failing. Chill: After getting heated. Coldness of single parts, head, feet, etc. Cold shudders down back. Heat: Stinging, burning, sudden glowing, in flushes. With pulsation in head: Of single parts. Burning between shoulders. Going upward. Sweat: During headache. Sweat ameliorates the symptoms.

Allied Remedies.—AMYL-N., Ap., Bell., Cact., Ferr., Gels., Melil., Nat-c., Nat-m., Op., Phos., Sang., Stram., Sul.

GRAPHITES.

Mind.—Extreme irritability and anger. Silent grief and despair, with much weeping. Anxious restlessness, driving him out of bed at night. Concern for the future. Anxious fear of misfortune. Apprehensive, early in morning. Irresolution and fastidiousness. Hysteria.

Vertigo.—As tho' intoxicated, when rising from bed in morning.

Head.—Violent headache every morning, ending in fainting and cold sweat. Contraction in forehead. Feeling of tensive pressure like a constriction, < in occiput, with stiff neck. Numb feeling in. Scald head. Worse: Early, on awaking and rising from bed; moving head; riding; eating. Better: Walking in open air; external pressure; at rest; in warmth.

External Head.—Moist, crusty, foul, smarting eruption, spreading by eating at its edges from vertex down sides of head; scratching causes excoriation and more moisture, which dries into white crusts. Violent sticking itching on, most on vertex and behind ears, leaving moist bald spots when scratched, which develop erysipelas and pain like boils. Bald swellings, follicular tumors and

scales on, with great heat of. Paralytic tearing in cranial muscles, especially on sides and behind ears. Hair of vertex, sides and beard turns gray early and falls out. Worse: By day than by night; becoming cold; walking in open air. Better: Warmth; after being in open air.

Eyes.—Pressure and sticking in, with lachrymation. Inflamed, with red, swollen lids and photophobia. Intolerance of daylight. Myopia.

Ears.—Dryness of internal. Eruption and excoriation behind. Difficult hearing.

Nose.—Chronic dryness of. Black pores on. Discharge of fetid pus from. Ulcerating, scurfy nostrils. Extremely sensitive smell. Coryza on becoming cold, during day. Stuffed coryza, with headache and nausea. Discharge of foul-smelling mucus from.

Face.—Pale yellow color. Flying heat. Erysipelatous inflammation and swelling of. Follicular tumors on. Unilateral distortion and paralysis of facial muscles, rendering speech difficult. Ulcers on inside of lips. Scurfy eruption on chin, and about mouth. Hard, swollen submaxillary glands.

Teeth.—Sticking ache from cold drinks, < warmth. Gums swell and bleed easily.

Mouth.—Offensive, urinous odor from. Sore throat, with a feeling of a lump or plug therein, especially at night. Spasm in throat causing retching.

Appetite, etc.—Excessive hunger. Aversion to warm, cooked food. Great thirst early in morning and after eating.

Taste.—Bitter, in mouth.

Eructation.—Copious, sour, with bitter taste in mouth.

Nausea.—Early in morning. And vomiting after every meal. Sour vomiting.

Stomach.—Great weakness of digestion. Spasm and pressure in, with nausea, > from warmth of bed. Burning in, necessitates eating.

Hypochondria.—Induration in region of liver.

Abdomen.—Fulness and heaviness in. Indurations in. Painfulness in inguinal region, with swelling of glands. Distended after eating.

Flatulence.—Extraordinary accumulation of gas in abdomen, which is tense and inflated. Excessive discharge of fetid f.

Stool.—Chronic constipation. Hard and too large in form. (Chronic soft, too small in size.) Mucus.

Anus.—Painful varicosities of, with fissures between them.

Urine.—Sour smelling. Anxious, painful urging to urinate, with discharge of dark, scanty urine, drop by drop. Nocturnal enuresis. Pain in coccyx when urinating.

Sexual Organs.—Tension in, with voluptuous thoughts. Uncontrollable sexual desire. Œdematous swelling of foreskin and scrotum. Excoriation of female pudendum. Painful swelling of ovaries.

Menses.—Too late, too scanty and too pale. Appear with difficulty in young women. Cramp in abdomen during. Thin, white leucorrhœa.

Cough.—In evening or at night, excited by deep breathing.

Larynx.—Sensitive, with scratching therein and hoarseness. Husky voice.

Neck.—Painful stiffness of nape when nodding head and raising arms.

Chest.—Stitches in and palpitation from the least motion. Inflamed and swelled mammæ. Excoriated nipples with humid vesicles on.

Back.—Formication on. Bruised feeling in lumbar region.

Upper Extremities.—Emaciation of hands. Distorted fingers. Gouty nodes on fingers. Excoriation between fingers. Thick, distorted nails.

Lower Extremities.—Excoriation between legs. Numb thighs. Stiffness and muscular contraction in popliteal spaces. Stiff knees. Cold feet in evening in bed. Sticking pains in heels. Distortion and stiffness of toes. Spreading vesicles and ulcers on, and excoriation between toes. Thick, crippled toe-nails.

Generalities.—Great emaciation. Complaints are intensified when becoming cold; he takes cold easily. Drawing through entire body, with inclination to stretch. Asleep sensation in limbs; of part whereon he lies. Contracted tendons. Distortion of single parts. Violent pulsation throughout entire body with every movement. Great general debility without pain, compelling him to groan. After walking in open air many complaints disappear.

Glands.—Indurated and swelled.

Skin.—Sense of dryness, and want of transpiration. Erysipelatous inflammations. Eruptions and humid herpes. Eucysted tumors. Denuded, raw spots in children. Unhealthy. Ulcers with offensive pus and proud flesh. Thick, crippled nails.

Sleep.—Difficult falling to s., in evening. Dizzy, fatiguing morning sleep. Disturbed by anxious, fearful dreams at night.

Fever.—Pulse: Full and hard, but not noticeably accelerated. Chill: And chilliness. mostly in evening. Chilliness day and night, especially in evening after four o'clock. Heat: General, dry, in evening and during night, after previous chill. When riding in a carriage. Sweat: From slightest motion. Profuse nightsweat. Sôur, offensive smelling, from cold, staining linen yellow. Utter inability to. Is aggravated by talking and ameliorated by walking in open air.

Allied Remedies.—Aco., Ag-c., Ap., Ars., Bell., Calc-c., Caust., FLU-AC., Guai., Kali-c., Lyc., Mag-c, NAT-C.. Nit-ac., Nux-v., Phos., PULS., Sep., Sil., Sul., Thuj.

GUAIACUM.

Mind.—Great forgetfulness, especially for names. Early in morning he frequently stares absently before him. Sadness and depression. Peevishness and perverseness. Inclination to find fault with and disparage everything.

Head.—Intensely violent stitches in brain. Tearing in side of, extending into cheek. Sensation as tho' external head were swollen and bloodvessels were over-filled.

Eyes.—Sensation in, as tho' balls were swelled and the lids were too short to cover them. Pimples with white tips in eyebrows. Dilated pupils. Paralysis of optic nerve.

Ears.—Intense earache with tearing pains.

Nose.—Profuse, watery discharge from.

Face.—Face-ache; painful stitches in zygoma and in cheek muscles.

Teeth.—Drawing, tearing pain in, terminating in a single stitch. Pressive pain when biting them together.

Throat.—Violent burning in.

Appetite, etc.—Intense hunger. Early in morning and in forenoon loathing of all food. Intense thirst.

Eructation.—Much, empty e.

Vomiting.—Early in morning violent vomiting of watery mucus with great exertion.

Stomach.—Sense of constriction in region, with anxiety and oppressed breathing.

Abdomen.—Pinching pain, as from incarcerated flatus which constantly settles backwards and downwards. Quivering in muscles of. Inguinal hernia.

Stool.—Constipation. Hard, crumbling, very offensive.

Urine.—Continuous urging to urinate, with profuse discharge of foul-smelling urine. Cutting when urinating. Stitches in neck of bladder after ineffectual urging to urinate.

Cough.—Dry, excited by irritation in epigastrium, with shortness of breath until relieved by expectoration. Cough, with copious, offensive-smelling, purulent expectoration.

Chest.—Stitches in left, < inspiration.

Back.—Intolerable stiffness thro' one side of, extending from nape to lumbar region, during motion. Tearing from axilla down along side of. Contractive pain between scapulæ.

Lower Extremities.—Crawling, pressive bone pains in thighs.

Generalities.—Tearing and sticking pains in muscles of upper and lower limbs, with heat of parts. Immobile stiffness of the distorted limbs. Asleep sensation in limbs. Great sluggishness and weariness, especially in thighs, with aversion to motion. Extraordinary emaciation. Discomfort in body, > yawning and stretching limbs. Most complaints appear when sitting, early in morning and during forenoon. Affected parts are very sensitive to touch.

Bones.—Swelling and softening of. Caries.

Sleep.—Nightly restlessness and sleeplessness. Insufficient, in early morning.

Fever.—Pulse: Small, weak and soft, but accelerated. Chill: Internal, over whole body, even near a warm stove, most in afternoon and evening. On back. Heat: Evening especially on face. Sweat: Likewise, mostly on head and face. Also when walking in open air. Very offensive nightsweats.

Allied Remedies.—Bry., Graph., Kre., Merc., Phyt.

HELLEBORUS.

Mind.—Stupefaction. Blunting of internal senses, like a sort of stupor. Mental obfuscation, with somnolency. Frequently he stares at one point as tho' absorbed in thought. A kind of diminished power of mind over body; just as soon as she ceases to exert her will power and attention, the muscles refuse to do their duty, i. e., if spoken to when drinking, she unconsciously drops the glass. Extraordinary anguish. Woeful melancholic mood. Hypochondriasis. Involuntary sighing. Homesickness.

Head.—Stupefying ache, with fluent coryza. Feels heavy and thick-headed. Dull ache and confusion in. Burning heat in, with a pale face. Inward pressing ache. Bruised pain of the internal and external vertex and occiput, with chaotic obfuscation therein. He bores the back of his head into the pillow. Meningitis. Hydrocephalus. Worse: Thinking of the pain; stepping hard; stooping; walking; touch; motion; afternoon from 4 to 8. Better: Open air; lying at rest; diverting the attention.

External Head.—The occipital scalp feels drawn tightly downward. Painful external occiput. Falling of hair, not from head only, but also whole body, with sticking, boring pains in scalp, more in occiput. Humid scurfs on.

Eyes.—Sensation as tho' lids were pressed downward. Dilated pupils. Inclination to stare. Photophobia without perceptible inflammation of.

Face.—Pale, yellowish color. Pale, dropsical swelling of, and of rest of body. Wrinkled forehead. Upper lip cracked. White vesicles on the swelled lips. Excoriation of angles of mouth, from constant flow of saliva.

Teeth.—Sticking, tearing ache in molars in evening and at night in bed, which tolerates neither cold nor heat.

Mouth.—Vesicles and aphthæ in, and on tongue. Dry palate. Extraordinarily profuse salivation. Swelling and numbness of tongue.

Appetite, etc.—Great voraciousness. Loathing of fats and vegetables. Thirstlessness. Intense thirst.

Eructations.—Empty.

Nausea.—In stomach, with great ravenousness, but repugnance to food.

Stomach.—Fulness and distension of pit of. Burning and biting in. Painfulness within, when stepping hard or coughing.

Abdomen.—Distended. Pinching in navicular region. Ascites. Sense of coldness in.

Flatulence.—Discharge of foul-smelling.

Stool.—Frequent, watery. Gelatinous, mucous diarrhœa, with tenesmus.

Urine.—Dark. Frequent urging, with scanty discharge. Feeble urinary stream.

Sexual Organs.—Suppressed sexual desire.

Respiration.—Difficult, as from hydrothorax. Suffocative attacks as from constriction of nose, larynx and chest.

Cough.—Dry, hacking, when smoking.

Upper Extremities.—Boring sticking in wrist and finger-joints. Vesicular eruption between fingers and toes. Panaritia.

Lower Extremities.—Stiffness of (hip and) knee joints. Boring sticking in knee and ankle joints. Humid eruption on feet.

Generalities.—Sudden relaxation of every muscle. The muscles refuse their service when not governed by strong attention; unconsciously he staggers when walking, lets his food fall when eating, etc. Sticking, boring pains in the periosteal, coverings < in cool air. Convulsive twitchings in the muscles, especially during sleep. The pains (sticking, tearing and pressure) frequently move transversely across the parts. Symptoms are intensified in the house and toward evening. In the open air he feels better, with a sensation as tho' he had been sick a long time, and were just recovering; especially after the fever. Restlessness.

Glands.—Swelling of cervical.

Skin.—Pale color of. Sudden, dropsical swelling of; (anasarcatous.) Hair and nails fall out. Desquamation of epidermis of entire body. Painful where it lies in close proximity to bones.

Sleep.—He lies in deep slumber. Great day sleepiness. Somnolency, eyes half open and turned upward.

Fever.—Pulse: Generally small, slow and hardly perceptible. Chill: Predominates during day, as long as he is up; with heat of face. Alternating with pains in joints. Shaking, with gooseflesh and pains in joints. And coldness of entire body, but with heat of head and no thirst. The shuddering proceeds from the arms. Heat: In evening and during day, as soon as he lies down, generally accompanied by sweat. Burning over the whole body; in evening in bed, with internal shivering and aversion to drink. First heat then chill, with pains in abdomen, in repeated attacks. Sweat: In bed, during heat, increased toward morning. Cold, sometimes sticky.

Allied Remedies.—Ap., Bell., Chin., Gel., Phos.

HEPAR SULPHURIS CALCAREUM.

Mind.—Extraordinary anguish in evening, driving him to self-destruction. Fearfulness and depression. Oversensitive and vehement with hasty speech.

Vertigo.—When riding, or shaking head.

Head.—Bent back, with swelling below larynx, forcible beating of carotids and rattling breathing (in membranous croup). Pain, as of a plug or dull nail driven into. Pressure: In temples and on vertex, in evening; one-sided; outward in forehead. Inward boring in right temple, side of head or root of nose. Sore pain in forehead, right over eyes. Sticking in.

External Head.—Burning itching from front to back, less on sides when scratched, leaving bumps and a burning smarting eruption which is excessively sensitive to touch. Painless swellings and bumps on, and on nape, with smarting soreness when touched or lain upon (after severe illness, abuse of mercury or in hysterical headaches). Moist, foul, purulent eruption smarting painfully on whole h., itching violently early on rising, scratching causes burning and excoriation. Scalp sensitive. Nodes on. Profuse falling of hair; large bald spots on. Takes cold every time he uncovers h., especially during (dry) cold east or north winds. Cold, clammy, sour sweat most on head and face with aversion to uncovering. Worse: Early, on awaking; touch; night; cold; least motion; moving eyes; stooping; every jar. Better: After rising; tight bandaging; warmth; warm wraps; sweating.

Eyes.—Inflamed: Lids surrounded by an eruption which smarts when touched; and running tears. Bruised pain in. Pressure as from a foreign body in. Stiff, paining during motion. Protruding. Spasmodic closure of lids. Ulcers and spots on cornea. Photophobia. Surrounding objects appear red.

Ears.—Itching of external. Foul smelling, purulent discharge from. Crusty eruption behind. Difficult hearing with rushing and throbbing in. Roaring in head.

Nose.—Inflammation of. Painful soreness, especially of dorsum to touch. Intensified acuteness of smell. Unilateral coryza with scratching in the throat. Sneezing, (also after cough).

Face.—Heat and fiery redness of. Erysipelatous swelling of. Yellow, with blue rings around eyes. Pain in bones of, when touched. Thrusts in malar bone. Boils on lips, chin and neck, very painful to touch. Chronic facial eruptions, very sensive to touch.

Teeth.—Drawing, jerking ache, worse in a warm room. Swelling of gums, painful when touched.

Throat.—Sensation as tho' a plug or sharp splinter stuck therein, when swallowing. Roughness in. Scratching, when swallowing saliva. Hawking up mucus. Swollen tonsils and glands of neck. Hoarseness with rapid, hasty speech, as from overexcitement.

Appetite, etc.—Desire for sour, piquant things and wine. Repugnance to fat foods. Much thirst. Nausea. Retching. Vomiting.

Stomach. — Distension of pit necessitates loosening clothes. Tickling in pit. Pressure, after a little food. Burning in.

Hypochondriæ. — Stitches in region of spleen or liver. Inflammation of kidneys.

Abdomen.—Spasmodic contraction of. Bruised pain in, early in morning. Cutting bellyache. Swelling and suppuration of inguinal glands.

Stool. — Hard, dry. Dysenteric, difficult passage of scanty, soft feces or bloody mucus, with tenesmus. Whitish, sour-smelling diarrhœa in children.

Urine.— Dark red, hot. Acrid burning, urine eroding the foreskin. Bloody. Nocturnal enuresis in children.

Sexual Organs. — Excoriation, also of thighs. Congestion to uterus. Discharge of prostatic fluid during hard stool, and after urination. Chancre-like ulcers on foreskin.

Menses.—Too early. Discharge of blood between menses.

Respiration.—Rattling, during sleep. Anxious, short, whistling, r. which threatens suffocation and necessitates raising up quickly or throwing head backward.

Cough.—Deep, dull, whistling, c. excited by tickling as of feather down in larynx; dry in evening; in morning with expectoration of mucous lumps which are often purulent and bloody, mostly sour but sometimes sweet; if the latter, they are also offensive. Deep, asthmatic c. Attacks of dry, hoarse c. with retching and anxiety. Dry, in evening after chilling any part of body. With expectoration of blood. After every drink. Whooping cough. The child cries after coughing.

Larynx, etc.— Membranous croup, with swelling below larynx. Sensitive to cold air. Pains in a spot within. Phthisis of, and of trachea. Rattling in trachea. Hoarseness.

Neck.—Violent pulsation of carotids.

Chest.—Pustules and ulcers on, which are painfully sore when touched. Cancerous ulcers which are sensitive to touch, on female mamma. Swelling and suppuration of axillary glands. Fetid sweat in axilla. Shattering shocks and soreness in. Rattling in. Weakness in, which makes speaking difficult.

Back.—Sticking and drawing in. Bruised pain in lumbar region, extending into thighs.

Upper Extremities. — Bruised feeling of humeri. Hot, red swelling of wrist and finger joints. Numbness of fingers. Fissured skin of hands and feet,

Lower Extremities.-Bruised pain in thighs, as tho' in bone. Swollen knee. Swelling about ankle joints.

Generalities.—Paralytic drawing pains in limbs. Stitches in joints. Fainting from slight pains in, evening. All symptoms are intensified at night. Great sensitiveness of affected parts to touch.

Glands.—Inflamed. Swollen. Suppurating.

Bones.—Bruised pain in. Caries.

Skin.—Unhealthy. Burning itching in, followed by white vesicles after scratching. Erysipelatous inflammation of external

parts. Suppurations, especially after previous inflammation. Eruptions and ulcers are painfully sore to touch. Burning and sticking in ulcers. Ulcers bleed easily.

Sleep.—Day sleepiness, especially early in morning and evening, with spasmodic yawning. Restless, soporous slumber, with head thrown back. Starts up from sleep at night, as tho' he could get no air.

Fever.—Pulse: Hard, full and accelerated, sometimes intermittent, with ebullition of blood and throbbing in bloodvessels. Chill: Regularly each evening about six or seven o'clock. In daytime, alternating with heat and photophobia. Nightly in bed, with intensification of all symptoms. Great chilliness in open air. Heat: Dry, burning, with a red face and great thirst, thro' the whole night. Dry, at night with dread of uncovering. Flying h. with sweat. Sweat: Constant, copious by day and night. Very easy s. in daytime, especially from every mental effort. At night and in early morning with thirst. Cold, clammy, often sour or offensive smelling.

Allied Remedies.--Am-c., ANT-C., Ap., Arg-n., ARS., BELL., Bro., Caust., CHAM., CUPR., Dros., Euphr., FERR., Ign., IOD., LACH., Lyc., MERC., Merc-c., Nit-ac., Rhus-t., Sep,. SIL., SPO., Sul., Thuj., ZINC.

HYOSCYAMUS.

Mind. — Imbecile and irrational. Total unconsciousness, he does not recognize his family and has no wants except thirst. When spoken to he answers properly, but immediately talks and acts irrationally, or relapses into unconsciousness. Unconscious delirium about his business, with closed eyes. Extraordinary forgetfulness and weakness of memory. Loquacious insanity shamelessness and laciviousness, kissing mania, furious jealousy, buffoonery and clonic spasms. Rage with striking about, murderous frenzy and uncontrollable exhibition of strength. Loquacity. Confused babbling and prattling or much chattering, scolding and quarreling. Anger, and its consequences. Anxiety and fearfulness. Fear of being poisoned. Desire to escape. Melancholy. Unhappy love with jealousy. Unsociable, averse to light and company. Immoderate or silly laughter. Phantasies.

Vertigo.—As if intoxicated.

Head.—Strong congestion to. Hydrocephalus. Meningitis with stupefaction. Stupefying pressive pain in forehead. Heat, crawling and surging, as from strong beating of arteries in. Brain feels loose, when walking it swashes, surges and seems shattered. The head weaves and shakes to and fro, or is drawn to one side. Stitches in forehead. Takes cold in, from dry cold air. Worse: Evening; after eating and drinking; becoming cold; walking, especially in cold air. Better: Stooping; in warmth; at rest.

Eyes.—Red, sparkling. Dull, staring look. Protruding. Distorted or squinting. Dilated pupils. Red sclerotic. Swollen lids. Spasmodic closure of. Diplopia. Dim vision. Night blindness. Surrounding objects appear enlarged or red.

Ears.—Difficult hearing as if stupefied.

Nose.—Nosebleed of bright red blood. Loss of smell (and taste).

Face.--Hot, red. Brownish red, swelled. Distorted, bluish. Feels about f. with his hands. Trismus. Festering pain in soft parts between gums and cheeks.

Teeth.—Tearing ache early in morning, with congestion to head. Ache after taking cold and in open air. Throbbing ache, as from an inflamed periosteum. He clenches them together tightly.

Mouth.—Foam at. Constriction of throat, with inability to swallow, especially fluids Flow of salty saliva. Bloody saliva. Red tongue. Inability to speak, he utters inarticulate sounds.

Appetite, etc.—Ravenous hunger and unquenchable thirst, with inability to swallow. Thirst, drinking but little at a time. Convulsions after drinking.

Hiccough.—Frequent, especially at night and after eating.

Vomiting.—Of blood, bloody mucus or food. Retching and vomiting after every cough.

Stomach. — Great sensitiveness of pit to touch. Burning and inflammation of. Spasm of, > vomiting.

Abdomen. — Painful soreness in muscles when coughing. Painful distension.

Stool.—Frequent urging to, with scanty, infrequent evacuations. Involuntary, from paralysis of sphincter ani. Slender. Painless diarrhœa (in childbed).

Urine.—Suppressed. Frequent urging to urinate, with scanty discharge. Involuntary urination, as from paralysis of bladder.

Menses.—Too profuse. Suppressed. Hysterical spasms before. Uterine hemorrhage of bright red blood, with spasms.

Respiration. — Short. Slow and rattling. Catching, rattling, wheezing. Loss of breath, as after rapid running.

Cough. — Nightly, dry, shattering, spasmodic c., from continuous tickling as from adherent mucus in throat (also in aged persons). In frequent paroxysms rapidly succeeding one another, like whooping cough, during rest as well as motion. Hæmoptysis of bright red blood, with spasmodic attacks. Dry at night, but with expectoration of somewhat saltish mucus or bright red blood mixed with lumps by day.

Larynx.—Husky voice from mucus in, and in trachea.

Chest.—Spasm of, with want of breath, necessitating leaning forward. Inflammation of lungs, with stitches in sides of. Soreness in muscles of.

Upper Extremities.—Hands clenched over the flexed thumbs. Rigidity of hands. Carphology. Trembling of arms and hands. Coldness of hands and feet.

Lower Extremities.— Spasms in posterior part of thigh and in calf.

Generalities. — Extraordinary sinking of strength. Inflammation of internal parts. Spasms and convulsions. Convulsive twitching, with threshing about of hands and feet. Effects of taking cold, and cold air. Epileptic attacks, terminating in deep, snoring sleep. Apoplexy, with snoring. Insensibility of body. Complaints are intensified in the evening and after eating and drinking.

Skin.—Hot, dry, brittle. Brown or gangrenous spots on body, as in certain forms of typhus. Numerous, large boils. Bleeding ulcers.

Sleep. — Deep, stupefying, with snoring. Starting up during and convulsions, especially after fright. Laughing during. Coma vigil. Sleeplessness from anxiety or over-excitement.

Fever.—Pulse: Accelerated, full, hard and strong; more seldom weak, slow and intermittent. Great distension of blood-vessels. Chill: With shivering over whole body, and heat of face ascending from feet. Coldness at night, ascending back from lumbar region. He cannot get warm at all in bed at night. General coldness of body, with a glowing red face. Alternating with heat. Heat: Burning, over entire body, every evening. Extraordinary congestion to head with a foul taste in mouth during h. In evening, with thirst. Sweat: Continued, debilitating s. during sleep. Much and very violent. Cold and sometimes sour smelling. Most profuse on legs.

Allied Remedies.— BELL., Cina, Cupr., Gel., Op., Phos-ac., Plb., STRAM., Tab., Valer., Verat-a.

IGNATIA.

Mind.—Weakness of thought and recollection, especially after violent concealed vexation. Extraordinarily changeable mood. Hysteria. Paroxysms of laughter or screaming. Introverted and taciturn with low spirits and weeping. Tenderness. Internal, concealed grief, with frequent sighing. Carking mental care. Unfortunate love. Very easily frightened. Overconscientious. After effects of mortification and vexation, with silent, concealed grief and shame. Fright followed by grief or spasms. Alternately frolicsome and sad. Always desires to be alone. Despair of recovery. Dread of work. Vertigo.

Head.—Heavy. Empty feeling in. Trembling, nodding or backward bending of. Headache: As of a nail pressing outward in temples or sides; from chagrin or silent grief, < or > by stooping. Tearing in brain, especially in forehead. Pressure in forehead and vertex, following a befuddled feeling in. Outward pressing or sticking pain in forehead and at root of nose. Pain as if crushed, often ending in a similar toothache. Distensive pressure in either temple. Worse: Coffee ; spirituous liquors ; smoking ; noise ; odors ; morning ; moving eyes ; sunlight; reading; writing; after siesta ; lying on painless side ; lying on back ; mental exertion ; emotions; sitting upright. Better: Changing position ; lying on painful side: lying on back ; external warmth.

Eyes.—Scalding tears during day (especially in sunlight) with nightly agglutination of lids. Convulsive motions of. Flickering zigzags before. Pressure as from sand under upper lid. Swelling of upper lid, with bluish veins. Inflammation of upper part of eyeball, as far as covered by upper lid. Photophobia.

Ears.— Roaring before, like a strong wind. Difficult hearing, but not for the human voice.

Nose.—Excoriated and sensitive internally, with swelling of same. Fluent coryza.

Face.—One-sided redness. Alternate paleness and redness of. Sunken, earth-colored, with blue circles around eyes. Spasmodic twitching of muscles of. Sweat only on face (never on scalp). Dry, bleeding, cracked lips.

Teeth.—Ache, as tho' being crushed, from taking cold in molars. Convulsions of children, during difficult dentition.

Mouth. — Redness and inflammation in entire buccal cavity. Stitches in palate, extending into ear. Soreness as from a plug in throat, when not swallowing. Sticking sore throat > swallowing food. Sensation of a lump in throat, with painful soreness when swallowing. Much sour saliva in. Salivation. When talking or chewing he easily bites his tongue or cheek. Faint, tremulous voice.

Appetite, etc.—Feeling of hunger in evening, which prevents sleep. Appetite for this or that which is distasteful when obtained. Great aversion to tobacco, smoked meat or brandy.

Taste.—Flat; insipid; like chalk. Lost, of food.

Eructation.—Hiccupy. Regurgitation : Bitter; of the ingesta. Hiccough after eating, drinking and smoking.

Nausea, etc.—Without vomiting. Qualmishness, with sweat and bellyache after smoking. Nightly vomiting of ingesta.

Stomach.—Sticking in region of. Burning, especially after brandy. Pressure in pit. Weak or empty sensation in pit.

Hypochondriæ.—Fulness and distension in. Swelling and induration of spleen.

Abdomen. — Turning and twisting about navel. Protrusions here and there on. Throbbing in. Uterine cramps, with cutting, sticking and labor-like pains. Outpressing pain in inguinal region. Abdominal pains are < after sweet foods, coffee and brandy.

Flatulence.—Nightly, flatulent colic. Rumbling in abdomen, as from hunger. Evolution of much flatus, which is easily discharged.

Stool.—Easy and satisfactory. Very thickly formed; difficult altho' soft. Ineffectual urging, felt more in upper intestines. Diarrhœa, with fissures in rectum. Constipated, from taking cold and driving.

Anus, etc.—Itching and crawling in. Prolapsus recti with smarting pains during moderate pressure to stool. Contraction of, after stool.

Urine.—Frequent discharge of much watery. Sudden, irresistible urging to urinate. Involuntary urination. Constant urging to urinate after coffee. Burning and smarting in urethra when urinating.

Sexual Organs.—Violent itching in evening, disappearing by scratching. Sweat on scrotum. Impotency with lasciviousness. Pains in penis.

Menses.—Too early (and too profuse). Menstrual blood black, smells badly and is discharged in clots. Uterine hemorrhage. Uterine spasms during menses.

Respiration.—Oppression of : Alternating with twitchings and convulsions; nightly, of chest, especially after midnight. Want of breath from abdominal disturbances. Loses his breath when running. Changeable. Deep. Slow inspiration and rapid exhalation.

Cough.—Dry, spasmodic. Dry, hollow, from tickling in stomach, early in morning when awaking. Dry, from irritation, as feather-down or sulphur vapor in throat-pit, in evening, always < by continued coughing. Expectoration scanty and difficult, tasting and smelling like secretions of an old catarrh, in evening only.

Larynx, etc.—Soreness in. Tearing and contraction in. Pains in whole trachea. Low voice.

Neck.—Painless glandular nodules on.

Chest.—Pressure in. Stitches in, from flatulent colic. Spasmodic constriction of. Feels as if too small. Nightly palpitation, with stitches at heart.

Back.—Spine curved backward. Cutting stitches, as from a sharp knife, extending from lumbar region out thro' loins down into thighs. Pain in sacrum when lying on back in bed, early in morning.

Upper Extremities.—Convulsive twitchings in arms, fingers and legs. Cutting stitches in shoulder-joint when flexing arm. Sense of numbness and something alive crawling about in arm, at night in bed.

Lower Extremities.—Cutting sticking in hip and knee-joints. When walking knees are involuntarily drawn up. Ulcerative pain or stitches in soles of feet. Nightly burning of heels when held in contact with each other, at the same time they seem cold to touch.

Generalities. — Extraordinary changeableness of all the symptoms. Crawling, asleep feeling in limbs. Dislocative pain in joints. Trembling of limbs. Pain, as from a hard, pointed body, pressing from within outward. Cutting stitches, as from a sharp knife. Convulsive twitches, especially after fright or vexation, with silent grief. Hysterical spasms. Coffee, tobacco and brandy intensify the symptoms. The attacks are renewed after dinner, in evening after lying down, and early in morning immediately upon awaking; they are diminished when lying upon back, upon painful parts, or in general by a change of posture.

Skin.—Itching on body, which immediately leaves the spot when gently scratched. Itching when becoming heated or in open air. Great sensitiveness to drafts. During fever, violent, itching nettlerash covering entire body.

Sleep.—Deep, stupefying, Sleep after the cough paroxysms. Extraordinary spasmodic yawning with pain in maxillary joint as tho' it would be dislocated. Sleep so light that patient hears everything. Restless sleep and great restlessness at night. Fixed ideas in his dreams which continue after waking.

Fever.—Pulse: Generally hard, full and rapid, with throbbing in bloodvessels; more seldom small or slow; in other respects upon the whole, very changeable. Chill: And coldness, with increased pains. Capable of being > by external warmth, always with thirst. Often on posterior part of body only. Internal, with external heat. External coldness with internal heat. Heat: External only without thirst, with intolerance of external warmth. External, with redness, internal shuddering and sticking in limbs. Overrunning attacks of external h. Constant rapid changes of heat and cold. One-sided burning h., of face. Sweat: Slight, often only on face. Feeling as if sweat would break out, which does not. While eating. Sometimes cold, but generally warm and somewhat sour smelling. Thirst during apyrexia.

Allied Remedeis. — Alum., Arn., Ars., Bism., Calad., Calc-c., Caps., Carb-v., Caust., CHAM., Cocci., Coff., Cupr., Hep., Ip., Lyc., Mgs., M-arct., M-aust., Mar., Nux-v., Phos-ac., Plat., Puls., Ruta, Selen., Stram., Valer., ZINC.

IODUM.

Mind.—Anxiety. Great excitement, irritability and sensitiveness. Low spirits and weeping, with ill-humor. Restlessness which renders sitting quietly or sleep impossible. Excessive loquacity and mirthfulness.

Head.—Congestion to, with throbbing therein. Aching as from a tight band about. Headache from warm air or a long drive < noise and talking.

Eyes.—Smarting. Dirty yellow sclerotic. Swollen lids. Obscured vision. Diplopia.

Ears.—Difficult hearing. Sensitive to noise.

Nose.—Increased secretion of mucus from. Nasal catarrh, dry in morning, fluent in evening.

Face.—Complexion pale, yellow or rapidly changing to brown ; earth-colored. Twitching of facial muscles. Suppurating ulcers on cheeks with swelling of submaxillary glands.

Teeth.—Yellow and covered with mucus in morning. Gums are detached and bleed easily.

Mouth.—Ulcers in, with fetid odor therefrom. Aphthæ. Throat inflamed, with burning pains. Constriction of throat with difficult swallowing. Salivation. Thickly coated tongue.

Appetite, etc.—Unusual hunger ; the patient feels generally better after satisfying it. Ravenous hunger alternating with loss of appetite. Increased thirst.

Eructation.—Heartburn after heavy food.

Nausea, etc.—Frequently nauseated. Vomiting: Forcible, renewed after every meal; bilious, with violent pains in stomach.

Stomach.—Pain in. Pressure after every meal. Burning and corrosive gnawing in. A single internal tremor, which radiates therefrom, with increased warmth.

Hypochondriæ. — Pain in liver. Painful swelling of spleen.

Abdomen.—Abdominal pains renewed after every meal. Enlarged a., it threatens suffocation when he assumes a wrong position. Swollen mesenteric glands. Labor-like cramps in. Scirrhous swelling of inguinal glands.

Flatulence.—Incarcerated.

Stool. — Hard, nodular. Soft, frequently whitish diarrhœic s., alternating with constipation. Of dysenteric mucous without feces.

Urine.—Suppressed. Yellowish, green or acrid. With an iridescent pellicle.

Sexual Organs.—Swollen and indurated testes and prostatic gland. Increased sexual desire.

Menses.—Sometimes too early, sometimes too late. Long-continued, profuse uterine hemorrhage. Corrosive leucorrhœa.

Respiration.—Difficult, with tightness of chest.

Cough.—Chronic, dry, early in morning, excited by an unbearable crawling or tickling in larynx or throat pit. With sticking and burning in chest. With copious, frequently bloody or tenacious yellow mucus expectoration in evening.

Larynx.—Inflammation of, and of trachea. Increased secretion of mucus in, in trachea and bronchi. Hoarseness and insufferable crawling, early in morning.

Neck.—Swollen externally. Swells up when talking. Goitre from swelling of thyroid gland. Constant sensation of constriction in the goitre. Swelling of glands of throat and neck.

Chest.—Burning, sticking tension in integuments of. Burning, itching and tickling in. Forcible palpitation increased to violence by every exertion. Flaccidity and dwindling of the female mammæ.

Upper Extremities.—Nightly bone pains in arms whereon he lies. Trembling arms and hands. Cold sweat on hands.

Lower Extremities. — White swelling of knee. Hot, bright swelling of knee, with inflammation, sticking and burning, greatly < touch and pressure. Sweat excoriates the feet.

Generalities.—Violent trembling of limbs. Twitching of muscles and subsultus tendinum. He emaciates to a skeleton. Œdematous swellings. Great weakness, even talking causes sweat to break out. Great irritability of entire nervous system. Violent tearing in joints. Chronic